{"product_id":"will-standards-save-public-education","title":"Will Standards Save Public Education?","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eWill Standards Save Public Education?\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eDeborah Meier\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780807004418\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eBeacon Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2000\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e106\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eSomewhere. . . there is a place of sanity where education is intense and substantive. . . . It's in that place that Deborah Meier has been working all these years. Her voice conveys a life of struggle in the front lines-victories and losses, hopes and disappointments. . . . It's a voice our nation needs to hear. --Jonathan Kozol, from the Foreword \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAcclaimed educator Deborah Meier offers a fresh take on standardized tests. While others have criticized standards and what they measure, Meier rejects the very idea of a centralized authority that dictates how and what teachers teach. Standardization, she argues, prevents citizens-including teachers-from emerging as thoughtful, responsible adults, seriously engaged with shaping their own schools, classrooms, and communities. As a result, young people can't learn from them how to be thoughtful, responsible adults and good citizens, the primary goal of public education in a democracy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe New Democracy Forum is a series of short paperback originals exploring creative solutions to our most urgent national concerns. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A civic treasure. . . . A truly good idea, carried out with intelligence and panache.\" --Robert Pinsky\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Beacon Press","offers":[{"title":"Will Standards Save Public Education? | Deborah Meier | Paperback | 9780807004418 | Used: Like New | Education 1772630","offer_id":50752136904962,"sku":"1772630","price":21.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/51n7q5dLKmL.jpg?v=1792002207","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/will-standards-save-public-education","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}